I assumed the request was to "pull in" a/b/c/d to a wc that doesn't have it yet... in which case I have to assume the OP (Elango) meant '--set-depth=empty'.
(it's not an unreasonable feature idea IMO) Bob Archer wrote on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 17:33:04 -0400: > > Quiet a lot of users have reported that they would like to have a > > flag in svn update that allows them to update several sub > > directories in one command > > > > (when using sparse checkout), > > > > for example: a command like this > > > > svn up a\b\c\d will bring folder d with its content, and its > > parents. > > > > > Are you saying svn update isn't updating ALL of the currently checked out > folders? My understanding is that it is supposed to. Of course I have been > wrong before and I don't use sparse checkouts very often. > > > > Currently users need to run several commands to perform that: > > > > svn up --depth empty a > > > > svn up --depth empty a\b > > > > svn up --depth empty a\b\c > > > > svn up a\b\c\d > > > > Of course specifying --depth empty when you do an update will keep it from > updating sub-folders. > > BOb >
